THE ULTIMATE BBQ SHOWDOWN - EAST VS WEST

April 16 - 17, 2010

Wildomar, California

This was a first IBCA event for the Ultimate BBQ Showdown and it was a great beginning.  This was truly a family event in a park with lots of activities for young and old alike.  The local Rotary was the sponsor of this event and did an excellent job of being organized.

Steve, Ted, and Ardith left Lancaster on their way to Wildomar arriving around 1:00 pm and were greeted by Henry Silvestre.  He had a huge group of volunteers to help get things set up.  Vince was not able to come because of a work commitment. Toni and Ron along with Ron’s brother Paul and wife Lois, who were visiting from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, came around 4:00 pm.  We had an excellent dinner consisting of Steve’s world famous pork chops! 

This was a learning experience for Paul and Lois who had only seen BBQ contest on TV.  Ron was to do the tri tip for the anything butt category and Steve would do the beef ribs.  This IBCA event had a turn-in every hour starting at noon until 4:00 pm.  It was a beautiful day and lots of people supported the event.  Ted was the runner for the day and thanks to Paul who walked each trip with him everything was turned in on time.

We didn’t have power this time so we had to be innovative on getting some things done.  Putting on the meat at just the right time was critical in order to make the turn-ins.

Overall we finished 24^th out of 32 teams, with an 11^th place in pull pork and an 11^th in beef ribs.  All-in-all it was a great event and look forward to next year.  We would like to thank Kelly and Kathleen McIntosh for being the reps and to Henry and his group for making us feel welcome.